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Description:

I used to know the name of this, but have forgotten. It has remarkable white flowers that are arranged in a fringe shape about 4 or 5 inches wide. The leaves are small and oval shaped with a soft point at the tip and where it meets the stem. The plant was very large.

Habitat:

Seems to like shade.

Notes:

I don't think this is a florida native plant, but it is quite pretty.

1 Species ID Suggestions

oxyjack
oxyjack 12 years ago
White Powder Puff Flower
Calliandra haematocephala http://toptropicals.com/pics/garden/c3/5839.jpg


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7 Comments

oxyjack
oxyjack 12 years ago

I should have added 'alba' to the end of the ID. It's the white form, there are also bright magenta pink forms too.

misako
misako 12 years ago

beautiful!

oxyjack
oxyjack 12 years ago

The tree version gets rather large: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calliandra...

rutasandinas
rutasandinas 12 years ago

Fantastico

AnjaliAnantharam
AnjaliAnantharam 12 years ago

Nice..

Maria dB
Maria dB 12 years ago

a beauty!

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 12 years ago

Wow again!

Shaina
Spotted by
Shaina

Port St. Lucie, Florida, USA

Spotted on Feb 29, 2012
Submitted on Mar 19, 2012

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